Storieshttp://mcc.org/stories/mcc-responds-chinese-earthquake?field_included_media_value=All
enMeet SALT participant: Katie Gelusohttp://mcc.org/stories/meet-salt-participant-katie-geluso
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span>Through </span>MCC’s<span> Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program, young adults from Canada and the U.S. are immersed in another culture for a year as they serve in fields such as education, agriculture, health care and more. </span><span>Meet one of them who just returned from a year long experience in Mexico City, Mexico.</span></p>
<p><strong>Name</strong>: Katie Geluso </p>
<p><strong>Hometown</strong>: Richland, WA</p></div></div></div>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:08:50 +0000krystalklaassen3087 at http://mcc.orgNew Warehouse Coordinatorhttp://mcc.org/stories/new-warehouse-coordinator
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>MCC Central States is pleased to introduce you to our newest staff member, Duane Unruh. He is the organizations new Recycling and Warehouse Coordinator working out of the MCC warehouse in North Newton. He succeeds Dan Stucky, who left MCC to pursue other opportunities after eight years with MCC Central States.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:40:09 +0000tinaschrag3092 at http://mcc.orgCongo: Chased from home but feeding our familieshttp://mcc.org/stories/congo-chased-home-feeding-our-families
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="" src="/sites/mcc.org/files/media/congo_living_in_camp_away_fromhoe_0.jpg" /></p>
<p><strong>Living in camp away from home</strong></p></div></div></div>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 22:38:30 +0000lindaespenshade3032 at http://mcc.orgHealing trauma—the community wayhttp://mcc.org/stories/healing-trauma-community-way
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA">In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MCC<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is supporting the work of trauma survivors who are helping other people in their own countries to begin healing the wounds of violence. The communal sharing of grief, pain, fear and hurt can rebuild trust and hope within broken communities and even </span>bring enemies together.<span lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA"> Here is how it happens. </span></p></div></div></div>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:28:59 +0000lindaespenshade3073 at http://mcc.orgPartnerships with local community groupshttp://mcc.org/stories/partnerships-local-community-groups
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Mennonite Central Committee is blessed to be supported and sustained by a wide variety of groups and individuals in our Great Lakes communities.</p>
<p><span>A diverse group in Ohio came together this winter to make sure others around the world could stay warm. Katie Miller, who also volunteers at </span>MCC<span> Connections in </span>Kidron<span>, has been making comforters for </span>MCC<span> for over 15 years. </span></p></div></div></div>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:25:19 +0000jennifersteiner3085 at http://mcc.orgRestoring beauty through reconciliation and unityhttp://mcc.org/stories/restoring-beauty-through-reconciliation-unity
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On June 18 Pope Francis issued an important document on the church’s call to care for creation. The 184-page <a href="https://thejesuitpost.org/2015/06/an-overview-of-laudato-si/" target="_blank">encyclical</a> was titled, <em>Laudato si’</em>, which means “Praise be to you.” The phrase originates from a <a href="http://www2.webster.edu/%7Ebarrettb/canticle.htm" target="_blank">poem</a> and prayer by Saint Francis of Assisi that praises God for the creation of the different creatures and aspects of the Earth.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:27:41 +0000joshuarussell3084 at http://mcc.orgWaiting for rainhttp://mcc.org/stories/waiting-rain
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>They will be called oaks of righteousness,</em><br /><em>the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.</em><br /><em>They shall build up the ancient ruins,</em><br /><em>they shall raise up the former devastations;</em><br /><em>they shall repair the ruined cities,</em><br /><em>the devastations of many generations.</em></p>
<p><em>(Isaiah 61:3b-4)</em></p></div></div></div>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:28:12 +0000joshuarussell3071 at http://mcc.orgSpeaking the language of peacehttp://mcc.org/stories/speaking-language-peace
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As a bilingual person aspiring to be trilingual, living with a bilingual spouse, I spend a lot of time thinking about language construction and the flawed way we interpret one language into another. Words fail to describe certain feelings; idiomatic expressions refuse to be confined by Google Translate and the sentiment falls apart.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:00:21 +0000joshuarussell3069 at http://mcc.orgYoung People begin Summer of Service with MCChttp://mcc.org/stories/young-people-begin-summer-service-mcc
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Kicking off the 33<sup>rd</sup> year for the MCC U.S. Summer Service program, eleven young people of color from the Central States region gathered in Denver, Colo. for orientation June 14-18. MCC Central State’s’ Young Adult Program Coordinator, Sharon Nelson, planned an intensive, yet fun orientation for the group.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 06 Jul 2015 16:51:06 +0000tinaschrag3046 at http://mcc.orgWashington E-Memohttp://mcc.org/stories/washington-e-memo-6
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h2><a target="_blank">New criminal justice reform effort announced</a></h2>
<p>On June 25 a new, bipartisan criminal justice reform bill <a href="http://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sensenbrenner-scott-introduce-bipartisan-state-tested-criminal-justice" target="_blank">was introduced in the House</a> by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.).</p></div></div></div>Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:19:11 +0000joshuarussell3066 at http://mcc.org